UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-A

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

  

  

  

  

  

Delaware  

  

62-1147325

(State or other jurisdictionof incorporation)

  

  

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

  

  

  

  

  

8410 West Bryn Mawr, Chicago, Illinois

  

60631

(Address of principal executive offices)

  

(Zip Code)

 

SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:

 

Title of Each Class

To be so Registered

 

Name of Each Exchange

On Which Each Class is to be Registered

7.25% Senior Notes due 2063

 

New York Stock Exchange

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A (c), check the following box.

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A (d), check the following box.

  

SECURITIES ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILE NUMBER TO WHICH THIS FORM RELATES: 333-188971 

 

SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:

 

None.

 


 

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

 

Item 1.                   Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

A description of the Registrant’s 7.25% Senior Notes due 2063 (the “Notes”) to be registered hereby is contained under the caption “Description of the Notes” set forth in the Prospectus Supplement dated December 1, 2014, and under the caption “Description of Debt Securities” set forth in the Prospectus dated December 1, 2014, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-188971), and such descriptions are incorporated herein by reference thereto.

Item 2.                   Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

Number             Description of Exhibit

 

1.                         Indenture dated as of June 1, 2002 between the Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as the Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as successor to BNY Midwest Trust Company), filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-88344) and incorporated herein by reference thereto.

 

2.                         Form of Seventh Supplemental Indenture between the Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., including the form of 7.25% Senior Notes due 2063 attached as Exhibit A thereto.

 

 

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SIGNATURE

  

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

  

  

  

United States Cellular Corporation

  

  

  

  

Date:

December 2, 2014

  

  

  

  

By:

/s/ Steven T. Campbell

  

  

Steven T. Campbell

  

  

Executive Vice President - Finance,

  

  

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

  

  

  

Exhibit

Number

  

Description of Exhibit

  

  

  

1.

  

Indenture dated as of June 1, 2002 between the Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as the Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as successor to BNY Midwest Trust Company), filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-88344) and incorporated herein by reference thereto.

  

  

  

2.

  

Form of Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated between the Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., including the form of 7.25% Senior Notes due 2063 attached as Exhibit A thereto.

 

 

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